Render Mach Studio pro

pitrak · 23 May 2011, 19:54

okay . .. what's the catch?

Here's what they say on their site:

How could this be? How can StudioGPU offer such a valuable piece of software at no cost? Let us briefly explain how we can do it. We firmly believe that MachStudio Pro is a revolutionary piece of software that will completely transform the way that you work in 3D by saving you both time and money. Based on our confidence in this notion, we think we can create a viable business model from generating revenue from Support, Training and Consulting Services. Please help us change the 3D production world for the better. Take a spin on MachStudio Pro today. You won't be sorry.

Sounds reasonable. A good free product will probably get hundreds of times more users than a 4000$ one in a market flooded with visualisation solutions. So if they get 20 or 30$ on average through selling extra services, textures, training, ... they might make more money out of it.

Anyone tried it yet?

d12dozr · 23 May 2011, 20:01

@unknownuser said:

thanks. .. I'll pretend I understood some of that. . .

Haha...
It only imports FBX models, unless you have a plugin (it doesnt say here which plugins are available), its only available for Windows pc's, and works best if you have a high-end ATI card...that's basically it!

Khai · 23 May 2011, 21:36

@d12dozr said:

@unknownuser said:

thanks. .. I'll pretend I understood some of that. . .

Haha...
It only imports FBX models, unless you have a plugin (it doesnt say here which plugins are available), its only available for Windows pc's, and works best if you have a high-end ATI card...that's basically it!

look in the support section. there's a Sketchup exporter. (and Maya, Max... all listed there)

david_h · 23 May 2011, 22:23

oh .. . well DUUUUH!

I knew that.

charly2008 · 25 May 2011, 12:45

I wanted to try it but my Nvidia GTS 250 graphics card supports only Direct X 10. Only the Nvidia 400 series supports Direct X 11.

liam887 · 15 Jun 2011, 16:03

just downloading now, wonder how it will fare on my macbook pro if at all?

numbthumb · 15 Jun 2011, 16:48

Wow... thanks for sharing, Pilou!

sepo · 20 Nov 2011, 18:20

Hmmm the link for the website returns blank page for me. Is this site still active?

sepo · 20 Nov 2011, 18:32

The site is now shut down but you can still download it from here
http://download.cnet.com/MachStudio-Pro/3000-6677_4-75498419.html?tag=main;dropDownForm

Marian · 20 Nov 2011, 19:53

But is there a link for the SU exporter plugin?

sepo · 20 Nov 2011, 20:03

I could not find any plugin. There was mention of .fbx importer somewhere but I could not find it so I think this renderer will go to bin.

numbthumb · 20 Nov 2011, 20:21

I couldn´t find their website I mean it doesn´t display in FF.

numbthumb · 20 Nov 2011, 21:00

Thanks, julyyen, it was http://www.studiogpu.com/ what I had in mind.

julyyen · 20 Nov 2011, 21:45

About SU exporter plugin, I made a little research and this is what I've found:
http://www.studiogpu.com/download/MSP-1.2/exporters/MSP-SketchUp7Pro-Exporter-v1.2_.8_.zip
Of course, Gaieus is right, this program demands DirectX 11 and probably(almost for sure) SU Pro.
Enjoy!

julyyen · 20 Nov 2011, 22:16

Hello,

On download.com site is a .exe file with 452kb on size, the program is 504 MB, I found another link:
http://download.chip.eu/en/download_getfile_en_56904004.html?t=4ec967c6&f=/downloads/1947980/MachStudioInstall.exe&dl_type=dl_hs&sign=4c21c596226a27278b705fd4840cc31d, enjoy!
MachStudio Pro 2 doesn't need a separate plugin to import .fbx files.

sepo · 21 Nov 2011, 08:25

@julyyen said:

Hello,

On download.com site is a .exe file with 452kb on size, the program is 504 MB, I found another link:
http://download.chip.eu/en/download_getfile_en_56904004.html?t=4ec967c6&f=/downloads/1947980/MachStudioInstall.exe&dl_type=dl_hs&sign=4c21c596226a27278b705fd4840cc31d, enjoy!
MachStudio Pro 2 doesn't need a separate plugin to import .fbx files.

I installed it and tried to import .fbx but it does not recognise it. You can export the native file as .fbx but it does not import it.

Marian · 21 Nov 2011, 09:58

I can see why it was made free. It's useless You can't import/export stuff in it easily. The plugin installer doesn't work on windows 7 although the program seems to need directx 11 which only works on windows 7....

Alan Fraser · 21 Nov 2011, 11:26

I downloaded it and installed it...but it still won't run. It says there's some kind of display incompatibility, despite me running Windows 7 with DirectX 11 and all graphics drivers up to date. Bit of a waste of time and bandwidth.

iichiversii · 21 Nov 2011, 20:22

So has this worked for anyone then???

brodie · 5 Dec 2011, 21:45

Wow, how mad are you if you spent $4,000 on this thing a couple weeks before they made it completely free?

I'm also interested to see if anyone's gotten it to work.

I can't see how they think they'll make more money by making it free. If you download a free program what are the chances you'll spend any money for support? If they got 200 times as many customers, they'd still have to average $20/person to even out. I suspect of those 200 customers only about 10 might be willing to spend $20. There's got to be something else going on and I'm guessing it's related to how no one seems to be able to get the software to work.

-Brodie